📖 S — The English dictionary · page 35

shear — Everyday, meaning 1: To shear a sheep is to cut off its wool.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To shear can mean to cut or break something off, often by a strong sideways force: the bolt sheared off.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Shears (plural) are large scissors for cutting hedges, grass or wool.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (science) Shear is a force that pushes parts of something sideways in opposite directions, like rubbing your hands together.↗ Example: The farmer will shear the sheep in spring.↗ · The sheep looked tiny after it was shorn.↗ · Grandpa trims the hedge with garden shears.↗ · The strong wind sheared a branch off the tree.↗ · Sheep shearing is a big sport in New Zealand.↗ · In science we learned how shear forces break things.↗ · The shearers worked fast all day.↗ · Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep.↗ (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And it was told Tamar, saying: 'Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.'↗ (Torah GEN.38.13, JPS 1917)↗ · All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock.↗ (Torah DEU.15.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Then said the LORD unto Isaiah: 'Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers' field; (Prophets ISA.7.3, JPS 1917)↗

sheared — Everyday, meaning 1: Sheared means had the wool cut off: the sheep were sheared.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sheared means cut with shears or a sharp tool.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sheared off means broke off because of a strong sideways force.↗ Example: The farmer sheared fifty sheep in one day.↗ · The sheared sheep looked thin and cold.↗ · The bolt sheared off in the storm.↗ · The hedge was sheared into a neat shape.↗ · Wool from sheared sheep is spun into yarn.↗ · The branch sheared off the tree.↗ · At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh.↗

shearer — Everyday, meaning 1: A shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shearer can be any person or machine that shears or cuts.↗ Example: The shearer clipped the fleece off in one piece.↗ · Shearers travel from station to station in the spring.↗ · A gun shearer can shear over 200 sheep a day.↗ · The shearer's back aches after a long day in the woolshed.↗ · My uncle is a shearer in New Zealand.↗ · Shearing doesn't hurt the sheep, like a haircut.↗ · If one shearer takes 4 minutes per sheep, how many can she shear in an hour?↗ 15.↗ · And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.↗ (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons.↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And Absalom came to the king, and said: 'Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.'↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.24, JPS 1917)↗ · shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?'↗ (Prophets 1SA.25.11, JPS 1917)↗

shearing — Everyday, meaning 1: Shearing is cutting the wool off a sheep, usually once a year.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Shearing» is the -ing form of «shear»: cutting with big scissors (shears) or clippers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) Shearing is when forces push parts of something in opposite directions so it slides or breaks, as in a «shearing force».↗ Example: The farmer is shearing the sheep before summer.↗ · Shearing does not hurt the sheep, like a haircut.↗ · We visited a shearing shed in New Zealand.↗ · A fast shearer can finish a sheep in about a minute.↗ · The strong wind was shearing branches off the trees.↗ · Shearing season is the busiest time on the farm.↗ · At last, after fruitlessly shearing off nine of the Chudo-Yudo's heads, and finding himself embedded in the ground up to his armpits, Ivan flings his cap at the hut.↗ · And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.↗ (Prophets 1SA.25.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way, (Prophets 2KI.10.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said: 'Take them alive.'↗ And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.↗ (Prophets 2KI.10.14, JPS 1917)↗

shears — Everyday, meaning 1: Shears are a large cutting tool like big, strong scissors, used for cutting hedges, grass, metal or sheep's wool.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Shears» is also the verb: «the farmer shears the sheep» means he cuts off their wool.↗ Example: Dad trimmed the hedge with shears.↗ · Shears are like giant scissors.↗ · The farmer shears the sheep every spring.↗ · Hand me the shears, please — carefully!↗ · A pair of shears is on the shed wall.↗ · Sheep shearers in New Zealand can shear hundreds of sheep in a day.↗

sheath — Everyday, meaning 1: A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife, sword or dagger.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) A covering around part of a plant or animal, such as the leaf sheath of grass or the sheath around a nerve.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A protective covering around a cable or wire.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A close-fitting, simple dress.↗ Example: The knight drew his sword from its sheath.↗ · Put the camping knife back in its sheath when you finish.↗ · The cable has a plastic sheath to keep the wires safe.↗ · A leaf sheath wraps around the stem of the grass.↗ · The dagger had a sheath made of leather.↗ · Nerves have a fatty sheath that speeds up messages.↗ · The actor wore a long silver sheath dress to the film awards.↗ · He seized his sword, drew it out of its sheath in a flash, and tried to cut the ogre down.↗ · And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword back into the sheath thereof.↗ (Writings 1CH.21.27, JPS 1917)↗ · and all flesh shall know that I the LORD have drawn forth My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.↗ (Prophets EZK.21.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Cause it to return into its sheath! — In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thine origin, will I judge thee.↗ (Prophets EZK.21.35, JPS 1917)↗

sheathe — Everyday, meaning 1: To sheathe is to put a sword or knife back into its case, called a sheath.↗ Example: «Sheathe your sword,» said the king, «we are at peace.»↗ · The soldier sheathed his blade and sat down.↗ · Please sheathe the knife before you walk inside.↗

sheathed — Everyday, meaning 1: Past form of «sheathe»: put a knife or sword back into its cover.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Covered or wrapped in a close-fitting layer, as in «steel-sheathed» or «sheathed in ice».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of a cat's claws) Pulled back in, not showing.↗ Example: The knight sheathed his sword and bowed.↗ · The old ship was sheathed in copper to protect it from worms.↗ · The branches were sheathed in ice after the freezing rain.↗ · The cat's claws stayed sheathed while it played gently.↗ · The wires are sheathed in rubber so they are safe to touch.↗ · She sheathed the knife before handing it back.↗ · The tower is sheathed in glass that shines in the sun.↗ · Take this knife," he continued, handing her one that hung sheathed from his belt, "and every now and then draw it out and look at it.↗

shebat — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The eleventh month of the Hebrew calendar, in winter, usually in January or February.↗

shed — Everyday, meaning 1: A shed is a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or yard for keeping tools, bikes or animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To shed is to let something fall off, like a tree sheds leaves or a snake sheds its skin.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To shed tears is to cry.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To shed light on something is to help explain it.↗ Example: The shed holds 14 tools.↗ · The tree sheds 30 leaves a day.↗ · They paint the shed in 3 hours.↗ · The dog sheds a lot of hair.↗ · Dad keeps the lawnmower in the garden shed.↗ · A snake sheds its old skin as it grows.↗ · She shed a tear at the end of the film.↗ · The clue shed light on the mystery.↗ · Oak trees shed their leaves in autumn.↗ · Where now were the tears he had shed?↗ · And they shall speak and say: 'Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.↗ (Torah DEU.21.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.↗ (Torah GEN.9.6, JPS 1917)↗ · that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.↗ (Torah DEU.19.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Writings PRO.6.17, JPS 1917)↗ · For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.↗ (Writings PRO.1.16, JPS 1917)↗ · They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them.↗ (Writings PSA.79.3, JPS 1917)↗

sheddeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «sheddeth» means «sheds», a form of «shed».↗ e.g. A shed is a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or yard for keeping tools, bikes or animals.↗ Example: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.↗ (Torah GEN.9.6, JPS 1917)

shedding — Everyday, meaning 1: Present participle of «shed»: losing hair, skin or leaves naturally.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Letting something fall or flow: «shedding tears».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Getting rid of something unwanted: «shedding weight», «shedding jobs».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK) Dropping its load on a road: «a lorry shedding its load».↗ Example: Our dog is shedding hair all over the sofa.↗ · The trees are shedding their leaves.↗ · A snake was shedding its old skin.↗ · She was shedding tears of joy.↗ · This book sheds light on the Tudors.↗ · The company is shedding jobs.↗ · When he entered his hut he found his wife, who had somehow heard the news, twisting herself to and fro and shedding tears.↗ · But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.↗ (Prophets JER.22.17, JPS 1917)↗

sheen — Everyday, meaning 1: Sheen is a soft shine or gloss on a surface, such as silk, fur or feathers.↗ Example: Its feathers blaze with a golden sheen.↗ · The horse's coat had a silky sheen.↗ · The light off the shield made a sheen on the wall.↗

sheep — Everyday, meaning 1: A sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat.↗ A sheep has 4 legs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Farmers keep sheep for wool, meat and milk.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person who just copies others is sometimes called a sheep.↗ Example: A farmer has 45 sheep.↗ · Each sheep gives 3 kg of wool.↗ · 12 sheep are in the barn and the rest are in the field.↗ · How many legs do 6 sheep have?↗ · The sheepdog rounded up the sheep.↗ · The farmer shears the sheep in spring.↗ · When I can't sleep, I count sheep.↗ · A lamb is a baby sheep.↗ · "Whose sheep are these?" he asks.↗ · Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep.↗ (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.↗ (Torah GEN.49.14, JPS 1917)↗ · and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.↗ (Torah NUM.32.36, JPS 1917)↗ · The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.↗ (Writings PSA.114.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.↗ (Prophets 1SA.25.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.↗ (Writings 2CH.29.33, JPS 1917)↗

sheepcote — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: An old word for a small shelter or pen where sheep are kept.↗ Example: And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet.↗ (Prophets 1SA.24.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto My servant David: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over My people Israel; (Writings 1CH.17.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto My servant David: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over My people, over Israel.↗ (Prophets 2SA.7.8, JPS 1917)↗

sheepdog — Everyday, meaning 1: A dog trained to help a farmer move and look after sheep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A breed of dog often used for this, like the Border Collie or Old English Sheepdog.↗ Example: The sheepdog rounded up the sheep into the pen.↗ · The farmer whistled and the sheepdog lay down.↗ · Border Collies make great sheepdogs.↗ · We watched sheepdog trials at the show.↗ · The sheepdog moved 20 sheep in 3 minutes.↗ · Our neighbour's sheepdog is very clever.↗